Canon Vixia HF R800 — adding an adhesive cold shoe and accessories

A few cheap accessories to make the Canon Vixia HF R800 much more powerful

The Canon Vixia HF R800 is a popular entry level camcorder among rookie videographers.

While it does support an external microphone input (albeit unpowered) it does not, unfortunately, come with any cold (accessory) shoes on the camera body.

With an adhesive cold shoe and a few more rigging accessories, you can change that and make the camcorder a lot more powerful and versatile.

The Canon Vixia HF R800 with an adhesive cold shoe

The Vixia HF R800 with a compact light on top of its adhesive cold shoe

Vixia HF R800 with light illuminated.

Vixia HF R800 with shotgun microphone

3 to 1 cold shoe adapter fitted into adhesive cold shoe on Canon Vixia HF R800

One light and microphone on Vixia HF R800

Two lights and microphone on Canon Vixia HF R800

The Canon Vixia HF R800 with a light and the Comica Traxshot microphone

Vixia HF R800 with microphone in rear position

The Canon Vixia HF R800 with a microphone and light from behind.